Republican National Committee spends $0 on TV ads for Trump

A Politico analysis of campaign finance records reveals that the [Republican National] committee has not spent anything on commercials boosting Trump since he emerged as the party’s likely nominee.
That’s a stark departure from recent elections. In 2008 and 2012, the RNC spent tens of millions of dollars on so-called independent expenditures — principally TV ads, but also direct mail and phone banks — supporting its nominees or attacking their Democratic rivals.
The lack of air cover has prompted grumbling from Trump aides and allies, many of whom believe that the RNC was never fully supportive of their candidate and that it’s now turning its back completely on the anti-establishment nominee as his poll numbers crater.
“The Democrats have an unprecedented and lopsided advertising advantage in this race like we have never seen before, and it is having a serious and negative effect,” said Curt Anderson, a former RNC political director who is helping a pro-Trump super PAC, Rebuilding America Now. “It is possible that Trump has sealed his fate at this point, but it is still a terrible mistake not to have $50 million of advertising from the Republican Party exposing Hillary Clinton and keeping her numbers down,” said Anderson, who helped to lead the RNC’s independent expenditure effort in 2004 and 2008.
In 2004, the committee spent $18.2 million on independent expenditures — or IEs, in campaign parlance — boosting George W. Bush’s reelection bid. In 2008, the RNC’s IE spending surged to $53.5 million in support of John McCain’s campaign against Barack Obama. And in 2012, the RNC spent $42.4 million on IEs boosting Mitt Romney or opposing President Obama — with nearly 80 percent of the spending occurring before mid-October.
By contrast, this cycle the RNC has spent only $321,000 on independent expenditures attacking Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. And all of that spending occurred last fall — before Trump had emerged as the leader for the GOP presidential nomination.RNC chief of staff Katie Walsh said the committee is not going to spend any more money this cycle on television ads, but that the decision is completely unrelated to Trump.
Rather, she said, it stems from a strategic calculation made soon after the 2012 election that “that is not an efficient use of party committee dollars to spend money on television.” Pointing to a report that assessed the shortcomings of Republican efforts in the 2012 election, she said RNC leaders determined that the party’s money was better invested in data-driven voter contact operations.
“We put people on the ground for three years, invested in communities, doing data and voter registration, so that when we had a nominee, we would be able to link up with that nominee and work together to insure that the nominee had the best field program that the Republican nominee has ever had,” said Walsh.

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As I have indicated previously, Reince Priebus is a lying phony. He is also from Wisconsin like the traitor Paul Ryan. Need I say more.
Do not donate to the RNC donate to the Trump campaign.http://www.veteransfortrump.net

We may all be in the dirt, but, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6: 12, KJV

Great reference, marblenecltr. These high places include both parties, as the “loyal opposition” is clearly in cahoots with their so-called rivals, doing whatever they can to ensure a HilLIARy presidency.
If Trump was indeed “anti-establishment,” he would have been drummed out long ago by hook or crook, just like Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan in the past. He is only there as the fall guy, saving the “real” republicans from tarnishing their image running against and losing to the Hildebeast.
How many times have you heard mention of the Constitution during this “election” cycle? How about TPP? Or how we drone-bombed over 20,000 times in nine countries (that are admitted to) last year? Or how all the wars we have started since Korea have been illegal? Or how we created and continue to fund “ISIS?”
The (s)election is one colossal mass distraction. It is a consummate SHAM, and a complete waste of over a billion dollars that could be put to good use elsewhere.
Lord, help us.

Seems clear proof that Trump is a true outsider. It has long been just a game between the two “political regimes”; playing “good guys” “bad guys”, ultimately both secretly striving for the same corrupt and unConstitutional goals.
No matter how crude and revolting they may attempt to portray Trump, his meager closet of skeletons can not compare to the crimes and outrages of the clinton clan, or that of any current “insider” regardless of affiliation.
Trump comes off as ordinary as any, or many, true U.S. citizens, male or female. Especially if one considers what is broadcast as entertainment by the liberal network.

just to be clear, i am, and will forever more, be with the party of N.O.T.A.
that said, trump never raped anybody. trump never murdered anybody. trump never invaded, slaughtered and/or robbed any country, foreign or domestic.
and to me, that makes him #1 in this faux (s)election, which i DO BELIEVE was bequeathed to hittlary a long time ago in return for her __________ deeds…
many words to choose from here-just pop in your personal favorite(s)!